[omniORB] Confusion over different 'release' functions for a pointer....

[Ben Miller]

Hi all, I'm having some problems getting my head around how I should
free-up my CORBA objects.

In my client program, if I have a pointer to an interface (created by
the server) like this...

mlcs::DLM_ptr dlm_obj_ptr = svr_obj_ref->createDLMInterface();

...I am confused as to the differences between...

1.  CORBA::release(obj_ptr);
2.  obj_ptr->_remove_ref();

Which is the correct way to free up my pointer?

If I used the smart-style pointer, like this...

mlcs::DLM_var dlm_obj_ptr = svr_obj_ref->createDLMInterface();

...what would the destructor call to release the underlying object?

Also, am I right in thinking that I should never explicitly 'delete' a
server object implementation, even if I called 'new' on it?

Regards,
Ben



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